PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-636

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 636

NOVEMBER 2005
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-636 - Page 24 of 33
Maintenance
Rust on the reel makes your reeling chores tougher. Remove heavy rust with steel
wool, NSN 5340-00-242-4404. Fine, 280 grit sandpaper, NSN 5350-00-193-7211,
should do the job on lighter rust.
Once the rust is gone, apply a
light coat of oil, NSN 9150-00-
273-2389, to the axle.
Newer reels have nylon bearings
and don’t have lube points. If you
have an older reel, you have three
lube points—one on the face of
each bearing and one on the crank
handle. Use oil NSN 9150-00-273-
2389 on the lube points, too.
While you’re doing maintenance
on the reel, check the DR-8 wire
spool. Look at the spool’s end
plates. If the tabs are only bent
over, not welded, get support to
spot weld them. Bent tabs are too
weak to hold the end plate if you
drop a loaded spool. For added
strength, spot weld the seams
where the spool shaft joins the end
plates. Three welds at each end
will do the trick. Clean up the
welds with a wire brush, then
touch up with paint.
Despite its age, there is still good info to be found in TM 11-3895-203-15. If you
don’t have a copy, get an electronic copy emailed to you from CECOM. Just email:
Christina.Yildiz@us.army.mil
If you have other questions about the CE-11 or related issues, contact the
CECOM experts at DSN 992-4773 or (732) 532-4773. If you sing a stanza from
Strangers in the Night,
the info they give you is free!
If you need to replace just the hand crank, order it with
NSN 5340-01-142-9478. Order a cotter pin to keep it
attached with NSN 5315-00-842-3044. A new carrying
handle can be had with NSN 3895-01-135-2538.
Support can also do some parts replacement on the RL-
39. They can order a bearing with NSN 3895-01-133-
9995; a housing assembly with NSN 5805-01-151-9929;
a plate assembly with stop with NSN 3895-01-151-9928;
and a retaining ring with NSN 5365-00-803-7306.
T
he year was 1967. The Beatles were wooing the world with the song,
Michelle,
while Frank Sinatra crooned of illicit romance in
Strangers in the Night. Bonnie and
Clyde
were machine-gunning their way across movie screens. A first-class stamp
cost 5 cents. And TM 11-3895-203-15,
Maintenance and Parts for Reel Equipment
CE-11,
arrived on Army field desks.
Alas, John Lennon, Frank Sinatra and the 5-cent stamp are long gone, but the CE-
11 TM is still with us. It has had three changes since it made the scene, but the last
was in 1988, so some of the information needs updating.
Here’s the latest and greatest on parts and preventive maintenance on CE-11 reel
equipment.
Parts
At one time, NSN 5805-00-407-7722 brought the RL-39 reel, the TA-1/PT tele-
phone set, and the ST-34 and ST-35 straps. Now it only brings bubkes!
To get the TA-1/PT telephone set,
you’ll need to order with
To get the RL-39 reeling machine,
you’ll need to order with
PS 636
NOV 05
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CE-11…
Let’s Get Reel
Apply
a light
coat
of oil
to axle
If reel
has
lube
points,
lube
‘em!
Spot weld the tabs
Spot
weld
seams
To get a sling strap use
Remember, the DR-8 wire spool never
came with the CE-11 and still doesn’t.
To get the spool, order with NSN 8130-
00-407-7859. To get the spool with
about a third of a mile of WD-1A wire,
use NSN 6145-01-155-4258. To get the
spool with 1,000 feet of WF-16 wire, use
636.44-45(C).qxd
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